Pete on March 3rd, 2011

Late night, deep slumber. The phone rings—never a good sign. “Hello?” “Hi…can you help? My computer’s dead!”

A relative calling from a thousand miles away, in a panic.

“What’s the problem?” “Well, it won’t boot. All I get is this message on my screen…”
Disk boot failure - Insert system disk and press Enter
Ouch. None of our remote [...]

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Pete on December 20th, 2010

ICTA loves to discover and promote Spirit-Led Technology – and we have an interesting new example for you at this gift-giving time of year! A friend of ICTA has helped develop and promote a fun, exciting and Bible-centered high tech way to offset a bit of our secular culture’s lock on kid’s [...]

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Pete on October 13th, 2010

The Mac is well known as an easy, reliable computer.
It only took me five minutes to discover that Mac marketing hype has its limits.
Administrating a Mac server requires the ability to look at a variety of configuration files, particularly when doing anything beyond the bare basics.
So, one of my first goals was to make it [...]

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Pete on September 16th, 2010

While setting up a new netbook, the Quick Start Guide instructs:
It is strongly recommended that you create recovery DVDs/media before using your computer for the first time.
(further explanation of why this is such a Good Idea…)
For complete detailed information on how to create recovery DVDs/media, see the “Creating Recovery DVDs/media” section in the electronic User’s [...]

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